However, heaving cooped up for so long, the Jews began to press through the opening.

In the wake of the artisans, who, on account of the indicated restrictions of the law or because of the lack of travelling expenses, emigrated in comparatively small numbers, followed the commercial proletariat, using the criminal disguise of artisans, in order to transfer their energies to a "field economically more favorable to them." The position of these people was tragic.

The fictitious artisans became the tributaries of the local police, depending entirely on its favor or disfavor.

The detection of such "criminals" outside the Pale was followed by their expulsion and the confiscation of their merchandise.
As a matter of fact, the Russian Government did everything in its power to stem the influx of Jews into the interior.

Only with the greatest reluctance did it widen the range of the "privileged" Jewish groups.